S.D. POLICE WOUND MAN TRYING ‘SUICIDE BY COP’

Mira Mesa 
A domestic violence suspect was shot and wounded by San Diego police Friday night after he attempted “suicide by cop” in a Mira Mesa neighborhood, authorities said.

The man’s wife called police about 8:40 p.m. reporting her husband was hurting her. He told her he would hurt police officers so they would shoot him, she also reported to dispatchers.

When the man came out of the house on Scorpius Way, near Bootes Street, to meet arriving officers, he was a holding a large object, said San Diego police homicide Lt. Jorge Duran.

In the darkness and rain, officers could not see what the object was, Duran said. They told the man to put it down, but he walked into the street and raised it above his head while threatening the officers. A Taser was fired at him, but it had no effect, Duran said.

The man continued to advance, and an officer who feared that the man was about to assault them fired twice, striking him in the lower body, Duran said. As the man fell to the ground, he dropped a large rock.

The man, whose name was not released, was transported to a hospital and was expected to survive. He will likely face several charges, Duran said.

No officers were injured. The officer who opened fire is a 12-year veteran of the Police Department. The officer’s name was not released.